Discharge of heavy metals from metal processing industries is known to have adverse
effects on the environment. Conventional treatment technologies for removal of heavy …

Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) of microbial origin are a complex mixture of
biopolymers comprising polysaccharides, proteins, nucleic acids, uronic acids, humic …

This work tests the technical applicability of sewage sludge and isolated dead cells of
Aeromasss hydrophyla and Branhamella spp for the elimination of inorganic pollutants such …

Bacteria exhibit a number of metabolism-dependent and metabolism-independent
processes for the uptake and accumulation of toxic metals. The removal of these metals from …

Removal and recovery of uranium from dilute aqueous solutions by indigenously isolated
viable and non-viable fungus (Trichoderma harzianum) and algae (RD256, RD257) was …

Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) are the essential components of activated sludge
for removal of pollutants from wastewater. Limited information is available on the binding …

Waste sludge samples obtained from a paint industry wastewater treatment plant was dried,
ground and pre-treated with 1% H2O2 to improve the biosorption capacity. The powdered …

Sludge samples were collected from different treatment steps of Gaobeidian wastewater
treatment plant (WWTP) of Beijing City, PR China, to investigate the distributions of total and …

Powdered waste sludge (PWS) was used for removal of copper (II) ions from aqueous
solution by biosorption. Waste activated sludge obtained from a paint industry wastewater …

Dried activated sludge (DAS) has been used for obtaining quantitative data of the cadmium
and zinc biosorption from single and binary aqueous CdCl2 and ZnCl2 solutions in batch …